Colonial era and Eagle buttons and locomotive relic

bzbadger

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Jun 25, 2013
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Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
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Bounty Hunter QD II, Garrett Ace 150 & 350, Fisher ID Excel, Fisher coinstrike, Fisher Cz6, Fisher Gemini II, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett GTI 1500,Teknetiks omega 8000, Nokta Fors Gold
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All Treasure Hunting
Club hunt on recently plowed fields produced a colonial flat button with loop intact same as the eagle button, both found within ten feet of each other, found with my Ace 350. Went home to unpack my new AT pro, took it out for a spin in very unfriendly MD environment(power lines overhead, ground loaded with iron and coal) on the McDaniel railway that runs on my property that is pre-civil war. Found the lever used to drop sand on the tracks to give traction to the train, was around 16 inches deep so I was pleased at the performance of the AT. Also found the smaller fire door that goes to the main fire box on the boiler, thing weighs at least 40 lbs but thats in electrolysis and I will add it later once all the "cookie" falls off it.
 

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Neat finds! Can't wait to see that door when it's done cooking!
 

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